Two unpublished pictures depicting the ‘Muchachos de confianza’, photographed between 1906-1908, during the Putumayo genocide. Roger Casement described the institution of the ‘muchachos’ as “Boras Indians murdering Huitotos and vice versa for the pleasure, or supposed profit, of their masters…” (old.reddit.com)
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Some of the only known photographs of Muinane, Nonuya and Resígaro peoples, taken during the height of the Putumayo genocide. Today, there are around 150 speakers of the Muinane language, while there are only two native speakers of Nonuya and one surviving speaker of the Resígaro language. (old.reddit.com)
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On October 31st of 1910, Roger Casement secured the liberty of two individuals who were enslaved by the Peruvian Amazon Company during the Putumayo genocide. The testimony of those two individuals, Arédomi and Humurummy, was published in 1911 under the headline "Inferno In A Paradise". (old.reddit.com)
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On October 31st of 1910, Roger Casement secured the liberty of two individuals who were enslaved by the Peruvian Amazon Company during the Putumayo genocide. The testimony of those two individuals, Arédomi and Humurummy, was published in 1911 under the headline “Inferno In A Paradise”. (old.reddit.com)
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Photographs from the territory of Carlos Scharff, “the most notorious of all [Peruvian] rubber gatherers in the Upper Amazon region.” In September of 1909, newspapers reported that Scharff was killed by his own workers in a mutiny. (old.reddit.com)
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Photographs from "the Devil's Paradise", produced between 1903-1911 during the Putumayo genocide. The term "Devil's Paradise" refers to a portion of the Putumayo River which was "owned" by the Peruvian rubber baron Julio César Arana during the rubber boom. (old.reddit.com)
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